Famous People with Name Hann

Julius Ferdinand Von Hann            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Julius Ferdinand Von Hann: was an Austrian meteorologist. He is seen as the father of modern meteorology.He studied mathematics, chemistry and physics at the University of Vienna. He was the director of the central institute for meteorology in Vienna (1887-1897), professor of meteorology at the University of Graz (1897-1890) and professor of cosmic physics at the University of Vienna (1890-1910).In signal processing, the Hann window is a window function, called the Hann function, named after him by R. B. Blackman and John Tukey in "Particular Pairs of Windows." published in "The Measurement of Power Spectra, From the Point of View of Communications Engineering", New York: Dover, 1959, pp. 98-99.

Quinten Hann            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Quinten Hann: is an Australian former professional snooker player who now plays professional pool. He was the 1999 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion and 1994 world under 21 champion. His highest break is 143. He was given an eight year ban from snooker in February 2006.